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University of Iowa
7
Western Illinois WIU 4-13
17
Winner Iowa IOWA 9-9
Western Illinois WIU
4-13
7
Final
17
Iowa IOWA
9-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 7 7 2
Iowa IOWA 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 5 17 19 1

W: Savary (1-0) L: Dale, Cole (1-1)

9
Western Illinois WIU 4-14
19
Winner Iowa IOWA 10-9
Western Illinois WIU
4-14
9
Final
19
Iowa IOWA
10-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 9 13 3
Iowa IOWA 4 0 0 0 0 8 6 1 19 16 0

W: Zach Voelker (1-0) L: Kachinsky, Colton (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Western Illinois Falls Twice to Iowa

MACOMB, IL – Western Illinois fell in both games of their Saturday doubleheader against the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. After falling 17-7 in game one, WIU saw themselves ahead 9-4 midway through game two before falling 19-9. WIU moves to 4-14 overall.

Chris Hege led off the game with a walk, and Kyree Alexander moved him to second base with Western Illinois second base hit. The Leathernecks would not move any closer as WIU's next three batters were retired. Iowa got on the scoreboard, striking for four runs over the next four innings, as it was 4-0 heading into the fifth inning. The Leathernecks offense got rolling in the fifth inning as Grant Plamer reached on an error to start it off. Max Slavens walked as Western Illinois had their first two batters reach base. Chris Hege drove in the Leatherneck's first run as he singled down the right-field line. Kyree Alexander moved the train along as a pitch hit him to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Liam Bushey took his free pass and RBI as he was hit by a pitch giving, cutting the Hawkeye's deficit in half by 4-2. The WIU offense was not done as Adam Juran brought in a run-grounding for a fielder's choice. 4 3, Brock Lummus gave WIU a lead as he put a ball up in the jet stream and flew it over the right field fence for a three-run, three-run home run as WIU took a 6-4 lead into the bottom of the fifth.

Iowa tied the game in the fifth and took the lead in the sixth with three runs. Down 9-6, WIU attempted to chip into the three-run deficit as Juran legged out a one-out single. J.R. Heavilin brought him around with a double to right field as Western Illinois was within two runs. Iowa did not let the Leathernecks hang around too long as they would score three in the bottom half of the seventh and then five runs in the eighth, taking a 17-7 win.

Seven Leathernecks reached base via the hit. Chris Hege reached base three times with a hit and two walks. Max Slavens also reached base multiple times with a double and a walk. The top half of the Leathernecks lineup had all seven RBIs in game one.

In game two, Western Illinois jumped out on the front foot. The Leathernecks had a leadoff walk by Chris Hege, and Kyree Alexander followed it up with his own. Liam Bushey stayed red hot from the plate as he singled through the left side to load the bases. J.R. Heavilin earned the RBI the hard way by wearing a pitch to earn his free base. WIU stranded the bases loaded as they led 1-0 after the first half inning. Iowa scored four in the bottom half of the first, but WIU chipped away in the second inning.

Grant Palmer started the inning with a triple, and Justin Jang walked as the Leathernecks had runners on the corner. After a strikeout, Alexander came up clutch with a line drive to right field, scoring Palmer. Heavilin found his second RBI with a single as he brought in Jang as WIU cut the deficit to 4-3. Western Illinois shut Iowa down 1-2-3 in the second and kept the bats red-hot in the third.

A double by Max Slatens started the inning, and he was moved around to third on a Palmer infield single. Jang would tie the game with an RBI groundout, as WIU and Iowa were tied at 4-4. The Leathernecks would take the lead 5-4 on Chirs Hege's single to right center. The Leathernecks' offense stayed quiet in the fourth but erupted in the fifth. 

Jackson Horn led the inning with a single but was erased from the base paths on a fielder's choice by Palmer. Jang brought around his second RBI of the afternoon as he doubled to right center, scoring Palmer. Hege kept the Leathernecks offense chugging along with a single, scoring Jang. Kyree Alexander put the exclamation mark on the inning with a two-run home run to right field as Western Illinois led 9-4. Iowa responded to the five-run lead, scoring 15 straight runs to take a 19-9 win.

Western Illinois totaled 13 hits as a team in game two. Five Leathernecks had two hits, and the first three hitters in the lineup had two. The first four Leatherneck batters had a combined seven RBI.

Western Illinois will return to Alfred D. Boyer Stadium for the first time this year to open OVC play against UT Martin.
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